Primary Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor (PEComa) of the Ovary: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa)s are mesenchymal neoplasms located at various anatomic sites, which usually express both melanocytic and myogenic markers. A 60-year-old woman underwent laparotomy for a huge, heterogeneous, right ovarian mass. The histological examination of the surgical specimen revealed a neoplasm consisting of both cells with clear or eosinophilic cytoplasm and spindle cells in a myxoid stroma. Immunostaining was positive for human melanoma black-45, h-caldesmon, desmin, actin, and transcription factor 3. Cell atypias were moderate, mitoses were 4/10 high power fields (HPF) and margins were focally infiltrative. These findings pointed to a diagnosis of ovarian PEComa. Twenty-five months later, two subcutaneous lesions were surgically removed on the left trapezius muscle and the median subumbilical area, respectively. The former was a desmoid fibromatosis, whereas the latter was a recurrence of PEComa with greater nuclear pleomorphism and higher number of mitoses (26/50 HPF) compared to the primary tumor. The patient was free of disease 11 months later. A long-term follow-up of gynecological PEComas is strongly recommended. Copyright © 2021 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.

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Angiolo Gadducci, Clara Ugolini, Stefania Cosio, Fabio Vistoli, Emanuele Federico Kauffmann, Ugo Boggi. Primary Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor (PEComa) of the Ovary: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Anticancer research. 2021 Sep;41(9):4483-4488

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